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A. T. VAN ALSTYN. GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1914.

Patented June 3, M9.

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m. VAN ALSTYN. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICAUON [man serum, 1914.

Patented June 3,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

Application filed September 18 1914. Serial N 0. 862,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, ALBERT T. VAN AL- sTYN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in New York city, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to and has for its main object to provide garmentsupporters, which will not break the threads or tear the stocking,having clamps which may be quickly locked or unlocked, and can be withfacility manipulated by the mere pressure of the fingers and absolutelyprevent the breaking of threads or tearing the stockmg.

To this end, a toggle arrangement is provided which is so guided thatthe mere pressure of. a finger is sufiicient to lock the same and inturn to unlock the same, and will through the natural tension betweenthe corset and hose automatically lock itself. The novel arrangementconsists in a resili ent head forming a post against which a slide isclamped the head yielding under such clamping action, the slide beingone, member of the toggle arrangement; the other member of said togglearrangement being a lever plate pivoted to, a frame; and a limiting stoparrangement whereby, when the lever plate is pressecl 'to clamp theslide against the resilient head and the pivotal connection of said twoconnectionsis thereby pressed beyond dead center of the togglearrangement, said toggle arrange-- ment will be limited in its movementbeyond said dead center and be there locked between said dead center andsuch limiting stop arrangement.

These and other features, capabilities, and advantages of the inventionwill appear from the subjoined detailed description-of specificembodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in=whichFigure 1 is a plan View of one embodiment with the resilient headremoved therefrom and the slide in line with the lever platef ..1 .I.'

F ig. 2 is a cross section of the same along the line'st'0$ of Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 -is a front elevational view of the modification illustrated inFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an axial section of the same along the line w w of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an axial section similar to Fig. {3 except thatthe slide is inraised or releas- 1ng position.

Fig. 5 is an axial section along the line wa of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 shows the clamp illustrated in Fig. l equipped with the elasticportions of the supporter and the resilient head inclamplng position.

Figs. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 are fragmentary plan views .of a number ofmodifications embodying the principle of the pres.- ent inventio Figs.8, 10,12, 14, 16 and 18 are fragmentary axial sections along the lines00-41; of Figs. 7, 9, 11, 13-, 15 and 17 respectively.

Fig. 19 shows the toggle leverage diagrammatically.

Fig. 20 is a In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 there is provided aframe substantially composed of one piece and comprising a frontconnecting portion 2, forming one of the clamping jaws or post engagingmembers, side rails 3, 3 which terminate at their rear ends in upwardlybent loops 4, 4L and a rear connecting portions extending from one railto the other a short distanceforwardly ofthe loopst, 4. As particularlyillustrated in Figs. 3', 4 and 5, the front connecting portion 2 may becomposed of a triple thickness of metal, having an upper portion 2 and atongue portion 2 integral with the upper portion 2 and bent downwardlybetween the-rails 3, 3 and folded over parallel with the upper portion 2to clamp between it and the upper portion fZ an intermediate portion 2,which three thicknesses may be securedto one another by welding orotherwise. The rails 3, 3' are each composed of two parallel sheets ofmetal, the upper portion 3 of which, is in a plane with the upperportion-2 of the 'front perspective view of the post.'

connecting portion 2, and the lower portion 3 of which, is integral withthe upper portion 3 and is bent down therefrom so that its front endsfold over the lower surface of the intermediate plate 2, its rear endsbeing pressed together and then looped to form the loops st, 4:, and itsintermediate portions between such loops 4, 4t and the connectingportion 2, have their upper portions 3 spaced apart from the lowerportions 3 to form the grooves or guides 15.

The upwardly bent loops 4, form journals for the trunnion pins 5, 5secured to the sides of the lever plate 6 which has a portion extendingrearwardly of the frame 1 provided with lateral extensions 7, 7 havingdownwardly bent loops 8, S forming jour nals for the inwardly bent pinsof the wire 9 to which wire an elastic strip 10, (Figs. 5 and 6) issuitably attached by sewing or otherwise.

The lever plate 6 also extends forwardly of the trunnion pins 5, 5 apredetermined distance and terminates in downwardly bent loops 11, 11spaced apart from one another to accommodate between them the downwardlybent loop 12 of the slide 13, the loops 11, 11 and 12 being in alinementwith one another to form a pin bearing for the pivot pin it. Thedistance which the plate 6 extends forwardly of the trunnion pins 5, 5is such as to give proper leverage to the same so as to sufficientlyretract the slide 13.

The plate S which extends from the upper portion 3 of one side rail tothe upper portion 3 of the other side rail is integral with such upperportions and extends forwardly a sufficient distance to form a stopplate to limit the movement, in either direction, of the lever plate 6,which in its forward movement, is at a point that is below the deadcenter of the toggle leverage.

The front end of the slide 13 is composed of a double thickness, havinga portion 13 folded down and back upon the.main portion of the slide,thus forming a rounded surface to come in contact with the stoclc ingwhen clamped against the resilient post, (Figs. 3 and 1) which portion13 has projections 1G, 16 one extending from each of its lateral edges,to form slide pins each of which travels in one of the grooves 15, 15.This arrangement of the pins 16 contributes to the good appearance ofthe article, permitting the upper surface of the slide 13 to be in aplane with the upper surface of the rails 3 and connecting portion 2.

The rear end of the lever plate 6 has a bar 17 formed between the lowerends of the loops 8, S (Fig. 2) about which bar 17 the strip 18 passeswhich has attached to it the resilient post 19.

The resilient post 19 has a head 20 which extends slightly inward toform the sides 21 which are in the line of pressure exercised by theslide 13. The sides 21 are then each bent outwardly to form the baseportions 22 which have two transverse slots, one slot 23 adjacent to thehead and the other 2% spaced therefrom.

W hen prepared for use, a strip of cloth 25 is passed around the headand through the slots 23 forming an endless band. Then the strip 18 hasone portion of it passed over the upper surface of the edges of the baseportions 22, then passed through the slots 21 and under the cloth 25,the strip 18 also forming an endless band, its ends being sewed orotherwise secured to one another so that they will be disposed adjacentto the frame 1, and present a smooth outward surface, see Fig. 5.

In the operation of the device, the hose to be supported has a portionof it 26 placed over the head 20 which head 20 is then positionedbetween the rails 3, 3 and connect ing portion 2, whereupon the forwardend of the lever plate 6 is bent down to clamp the slide 13 against thehead 20 and so far bent down that its joint or hinge H formed betweenthe slide 13 and lever plate 6 will lie below the point of dead centerand be limited by striking the stop plate S; and thus be locked in suchposition between such point of dead center and such stop plate 5. Thisoperation of advancing the slide 13 into clamping position, as will beseen from Fig. 4, may be conveniently done by engaging the joint orhinge H formed between the lever plate 6 and the slide 13 and pressingdownward upon the same while at the same time lifting up on the elasticsupport. The pulling up of the elastic automatically closes or locks thedevice. When it is desired to release the hose being clamped it is onlynecessary to exercise slight pressure to break the toggle joint byreversing the action used in locking, which action releases the slide 13from the post thereby retracting the slide 13 out of engagement with thepost 19; or else,similar to clamping operation again manipulate leverplate 6 in the usual manner.

In Figs. 7 and S the frame 27 is coinposed of a single piece of metalhaving a front connecting portion 28, side rails 29, 29 and a rearconnecting portion which is bent up to form a loop 31. The frontconnecting portion 28 is formed of a double thickness, having a main orupper portion 28, and a lower portion 28 integral with the upper portionand bent down from between the rails 29, 29 and folded over upon thelower surface of the upper portion 28. The ra ls 29, 29 are eachcomposed of two thicknesses of metal, an upper portion 29 which is in aplane with the upper portion 28 of the front connecting portion 28 and alower portion 29 which is integral with the upper portion 29 and bentover adjacent to the upper portion 29 and spaced apart therefrom toformthe guides or grooves 32, the front end portions of which lower portions29 being pressed snug against the upper portions which incidentally isthe upper portion 28 of the front connecting portion 28, the ends of thelower portion 28 being offset to accommodate such front ends of thelower portions 29.

The loop 31 receives and forms the bearings for the bar 33 of the leverplate 34, which lever plate is composed of. a single piece of sheetmetal having three transverse slots therein, one, 42 adjacent to itsrear edge and forming the rear bar 35 towhich 'an elastic strip such asthe strip 19 illustrated in Fig. 6, may be attached, and two shorterslots 43 and 44 disposed a short distance forwardly of the rear bar 35and form- .ing between them the bar .33. Forwardly of the slot 4-4, theplate 34 is provided with a tongue portion 36 looped to form a bearingforthe bar 37 of the slide plate 38 which slide plate has a lateralprojection 39 one at each side of its forward end which projectionstravel in the grooves 32. The lever plate 34 just rearwardly of thetongue 36 spreads laterally to form the wings 40 which extend over andbeyond the rails 29, 29 and serve as limiting stops' for the togglelever when the slide is advanced into clamping position, the slide 38operating to clamp a post similar to the post 19 in the modificationillustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. By and between the rear elongatedslot 42 of the lever plate 34 and the rearmost slot 43 of the twoshorter slots there is formed the bar 41 to which a cloth strip such asthe strip18 of the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, may besecured. v

In Figs. 9 and 10 there is provided a frame 44 similar to the frame 27illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 except that the rear connecting portion 45is bent upward and formed into a loop that extends completely acrossfrom the. outer edge of one rail 46 to the outer edge of the other rail47. This connecting portion 45 accommodates the bar 48 of the leverplate 49 forming a pivotal bearing for such lever plate, the bar 48being formed by and between two transverse slots cut in such leverplate, one slot 50 being an enlarged and elongated slot extendingsubstantia'lly across the rear broad portion of the lever plate and theother slot 51 extending substantially across the forward narrowerportion of the lever plate. The forward narrower portion of the leverplate is sufficiently broad so as to extend across the rails 46 and 47and form a limiting stop for such lever plate. The front end of thelever plate .49 is bent downward and formed into the loop 52 whichaccommodates the bar 53 of the slide plate 54. The bar 55 formed bythe'slot 50 serves as a means to which the elastic strip may beattached.

In Figs. 11 and 12, a modification is illustrated which is substantiallyidentical with the modification illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 with theexception of the loop on the lever plate forming the pivotal bearing forthe slide plate. In this modification, the loop is formed by two tongues56 and 57, the tongue 56 extending from the forward edge of the leverplate and the othe* 57 extending rearwardly into the slot 51, these twotongues being bent downward and looped to form the required pivotalbearing. The parts in this modification which are substantiallyidentical with parts of the modification illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10are designated in the drawings with like reference characters and needno further explanation.

VViththe modifications illustrated in Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive, thestrip, such as the stri 18 illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, will be passedover the loop 45. V 1

InFigs. 1.3 and 14, a modified'lever plate and lever plate connection isillustrated. In this modification is provided a rear connecting portion58 which extends from one rail 59 to the other rail 60 and has lateralears 61 and 62. The connecting portion 58 is slightly bent upward andthe ears then looped to form bearings for the downwardly bent loops 63and 64 of the lever plate 65. The rear portion of the lever plate 65 isbroad and provided with a slot 66 forming a rear bar 67 to which anelastic strip such as the elastic strip 10 of F ig. 6 may be attached.From and'be'tween the loops 63 and 64-, the lever plate has a narrowportion extending forward, the forward end of which is bent downwardinto a loop 68 to form a bearingfo-r' the bar 69 of the slide plate 70.Between the ears 61 and 62 the rear connecting. portion 58 is bentdownward and looped, such rear connecting portion 58 having a slot 71 toforma bar 72 to which the cloth strip of a post may be attached.

-In this modification, the forwardly extending portion has wings 96, 96which extend over the rails 59 and 60 thus mam limiting stops for thelever plate.

It will be seen that-fthe rear end of the lever plates in themodifications illustrated in Figs. 7 to 14 are bentdownwardat an angle.This bend is provided so that the rear connecting bars of the leverplates may be so positioned that when the elastic strip attached theretois in supporting position and is pulled, it will act to press the leverplate into clamping position. I

In Figs. 15 and 16, thereis illustrated another form of lever plate andlever plate connection. Inthis modification,

the frame 73 is formed similar to the frame of the modificationillustrated in Fig. 1, and therefore like parts will be designated withlike reference characters without going into the description thereof.Loops 5, 5 accommodate pins 74, Tet formed on the lateral edges of thenarrower portion of the lever plate 75. The front end of the lever plate75 is provided with a tongue which is bent downward into a loop 77 toform a bearing for the bar 78 of the slide plate 79. The plate S here,similarly to the modification shown in Fig. 1, forms a stop for thelever plate 75 against which the front narrower portion of the leverplate strikes. The rear portion of the lever plate 7 5 is broad, havingtongues 81, 81 extending rearwardly from the rear edge of said leverplate and adjacent to the lateral edges thereof. bent downward intoloops to form bearings for the wire 82 which is bent together to formmeans to which an elastic strip may be attached. The portion 80 of thewire 82 which is disposed between the tongues 81, 81 is slightly bentinward to form an attaching means to which the cloth strip for the postmay be attached.

In Figs. 17 and 18, still another form of lever plate connection isprovided. In this form, the rails 83 and 84: are slightly bent upward attheir rear ends and then bent downward into loops 85 and 86, the lowersides of the loops 85 and 86 being connected to one another by a bar 87to which a cloth strip for the post may be attached. The loops 85 and 86form the bearings for the pivot pin 88, the ends of which extend beyondthe loops 85 and 86 about which ends, the downwardly bent loops 97 and98 of the lever plate are secured. The rear portion of the lever plateis broad and has extending from its rear edge two tongues, one adjacentto each of its lateral edges, which tongues are bent downward into loops89 and 90 to form bearings for inwardly bent portions of the wire 91which wire forms the attaching means for the elastic strip.

The lever plate has a narrow portion eX tending forwardly between theloops 85 and 86 and terminating in a loop 92 which forms a bearing forthe bar 93 of the slide plate 94:. The narrow forwardly extendingportion of the lever plate just rearwardly of the loop 92 spreadslaterally to form cam surfaces 95 which serve as limiting stops when thelever plate is in clamping position.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications in the details ofconstruction may be made without departing from the general spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:

1. A garment supporter having a frame comprising two side members andtwo end members, one of said end members forming These tongues are thepost engaging portion, a lever fulcrumed at its intermediate portion tothe other end member, a slide plate pivotally connected to one end ofsaid lever plate, the free end of which slide plate forms the other postengaging portion, the post being adapted to enter between said postengaging portions from the underside of said frame, and securing meansprovided on the other end of said lever plate to which an elastic stripmay be attached.

2. In a garment supporter having a post and clamping means to clamp thegarment to be supported over said post, said clamping means comprising aframe having a post engaging portion at one end thereof, two side rails,a lever plate fulcrumed at its intermediate portion to the other end ofsaid frame, a slide plate pivotally connected to one end of said leverplate, the free end of which slide plate forms the other post engagingportion and travels between said side rails, and a support on said leverplate to which securing means for said post may be attached, andsecuring means on the free end of said lever plate to which an elasticstrip may be attached.

3. In a garment supporter having apost and clamping means to clamp thegarment to be supported over said post, said clamping means comprising aframe having a post engaging portion at one end thereof, two side railseach having a groove on its inner edge, a lever plate fulcrumed at itsintermediate portionto the other end of said frame, a slide platepivotally connected to one end of said lever plate, the free end ofwhich slide plate forms the other post engaging portion, pins on saidslide plate traveling in said grooves whereby said slide plate is guidedin its movement, and a support on said lever plate to which securingmeans for said post may be attached, and securing means on the free endof said lever plate to which an elastic strip may be attached.

4. In a garment supporter having a compressible post and clamping meansto clamp the garment to be Supported over said post,

said clamping means comprising a frame having a post engaging portion,two side rails, a lever plate fulcrumed to said frame, a slide platepivotally connected to one end of said lever plate, the free end ofwhich slide plate forms the other post engaging portion and travelsbetween said side rails, the combined length of said slide plate plusthe portion of said lever plate from the point where it connects withsaid slide plate to its fulcrum point being greater than the distancebetween said post when not compressed to said fulcrum point so that whensaid slide plate and lever'plate is depressed beyond a straight line, itwill lock said post in position, and a support on said lever plate towhich securing means for said post may be attached.

5. In a garment supporter having a compressible post and clamping meansto clamp the garment to be supported over said post, said clamping meanscomprising a frame having a post engaging portion, two side rails, alever plate fulcrumed to said frame, a slide plate pivotally connectedto one end of said lever plate, the free end of Which slide plate formsthe other post engaging portion and travels between said side rails, thecombined length of said slide plate plus the portion of said lever platefrom the point where it connects with said slide plate to itsfulcrum-point being greater than the distance between said post when notcompressed to said fulcrum point so that when said slide plate and leverplate is depressed beyond a straight line, it will lock said post inposition, a support on said lever plate to which securing means for saidpost may be attached, and securing means on said lever plate to which anelastic strip may be attached.

6. In a garment supporter of the class described,-a frame composed ofsheet metal having side rails, each side rail having a portion bent backupon itself to form an inwardly facing groove, a post engaging portionconnecting the two rails at one end of the frame and also having aportion bent back upon itself and presenting a smooth rounded bentportion to the post to be engaged; loops on the other end of said frameto form bearings, a lever plate provided with pins on its lateral edgesand disposed in said bearings, a slide plate pivotally connected to saidlever plate, pins on the lateral edges of said slide plate to travel insaid grooves to be thereby guided in its movement, and a bar extendingfrom one rail to the other to form a limiting stop for the end of thelever plate which is connected to said slide plate.

In a garment supporter of the class described, a frame composed of sheetmetal having side rails, each side rail having a portion bent back uponitself to form an inwardly facing groove, a post engaging portionconnecting the two rails at one end of the frame and also having aportion bent back upon itself and presenting the smooth rounded bentportion to the post to be engaged; loops on the other end of said frameto form bearings, a lever plate provided with pins on its lateral edgesand disposed in said bearings, a slide plate pivotally connected to saidlever plate and provided with pins on its lateral edges to travel insaid grooves to be thereby guided in its move ment, loops 0n the freeend of said lever plate, and a wire supported by said loops to whichwire an elastic strip may be attached.

8. In a garment supporter of the class described, a frame composed ofsheet metal having side rails, a post engaging portion connecting thetwo rails at one end of the frame and having a portion presented to thepost to be engaged; loops on the other end of said frame to formbearings, a lever plate provided With pins on its lateral edges anddisposed in said bearings, a slide plate pivotally connected to saidlever plate, loops on the free end of said lever plate, and a wiresupported by said loops to which wire an elastic strip may be attached.

9. A garment supporter having a frame comprising a post engaging portionat one end thereof, two side rails, each having a groove on its inneredge, loops on said rails bent upward to form bearings at the other endof said frame, a lever plate pivotally mounted in said bearings, a slideplate pivotally connected to said lever plate, the free end of whichslide plate forms the other post engaging portion, pins on said slideplate traveling in said grooves whereby said slide plate is guided inits movement, the grooves in said side rails being disposed in a planebelow the axial center of said bearings so that the pivotal connectionof said lever plate and said slide plate will be disposed below theimaginary straight line extending from said bearings to said postengaging end of the slide plate, and a bar extending from one rail tothe other to form a stop below the pivotal connection of said leverplate with said frame so that after said slide plate has been moved intoclamping position the lever plate may be pressed down just below deadcenter, there limited from further movement, and thus lock said slideplate in clamping position.

10. In a garment clasp, a post and a post receiving frame, post clampingmeans having one end slidably and pivotally guided in said frame formovement into and out of clamping position, and astrap attaching memberpivoted to said frame intermediate its ends and having one end pivotedto the free end of said clamping means, the remaining end of said memberbeing secured to the supporter strap whereby tension on said strap movessaid means into clamping position.

11. In a garment clasp, a post and a post receiving frame, post clampingmeans having one end slidably and pivotally guided on said frame formovement into and out of clamping position, and strap attaching meanshaving swinging articulation and pivoted at one end to the free end ofsaid clamping means, the remaining end of said attaching meansconnecting with a strap whereby tension on said strap articulates saidattaching means and thereby moves said clamping means to a clampingposition.

12. A garment supporter having a coinpressible post, a frame comprisinga post engaging portion, two side rails, each having a groove on itsinner edge, a lever plate fulcruined to said frame, a slide platepivotally connected to said lever plate, pins on said slide platetraveling in said grooves to guide the slide plate in its clampingmovement, the length of said slide plate plus the distance from where itis pivoted to the the pivotal joint between said slide plateand saidlever plate is depressed below a straight line the slide plate will beyieldably locked in clamping position.

ALBERT T. VAN ALSTYN.

Witnesses:

GUSTAV DREws, J. F. V. CHRISTOPHER.

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